(a) A person may not engage or offer to engage in the business
of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing,
repairing or maintaining elevators or related conveyances covered
by this article in this state, unless he or she has a license
issued by the Commissioner of Labor in accordance with this
article.

(b) A person licensed under this article must:

(1) Have in his or her possession a copy of the license issued
pursuant to this article on any job on which he or she is
performing elevator mechanic work; and

(2) Be, or be employed by: A contractor licensed pursuant to
the provisions of article eleven, chapter twenty-one of this code;

unless the work is performed by a historic resort hotel's regular
employees, for which the employees are paid regular wages and not
a contract price, on property owned or leased by the historic
resort hotel which is not intended for speculative sale or lease.

(c) To obtain a license a person must:

(1) Complete a four-year apprenticeship program, registered by
the United States Department of Labor, qualifying for a commercial
license;

(2) Complete a two-year apprenticeship program, registered by
the United States Department of Labor, qualifying for an
accessibility license. A person holding an accessibility license
may only perform work on accessibility equipment; or

(3) Complete a certified apprenticeship program, registered by
the United States Department of Labor established at a historic
resort hotel, qualifying for a limited technician license. A
person holding a limited technician license may only perform work
at a historic resort hotel.

(d) For the purposes of section, "historic resort hotel" has
the same meaning ascribed to it in section two, article
twenty-five, chapter twenty-nine of this code.

(e) An elevator apprentice who is enrolled in a four-year
apprenticeship program approved by the commissioner, and who is in
good standing in the program, may work under the supervision of a
licensed elevator mechanic as follows:

(1) An apprentice who has not successfully completed the
equivalent of at least one year of the program may work only under
the direct supervision of a licensed elevator mechanic who is
present on the premises and available to the apprentice at all
times.

(2) An apprentice who has successfully completed the
equivalent of at least one year of the program may:

(A) Work under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator
mechanic as set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection; and

(B) Perform the tasks set forth in this paragraph, only if
delegated by and performed under the general supervision of a
licensed elevator mechanic, who must, at a minimum, meet the
apprentice on the job at the beginning of each day to delegate the
specific tasks, and who remains responsible for the delegated
tasks:

(f) The licensure requirements imposed by this section do not
apply to:

(1) A historic resort hotel's regular employees, for which the
employees are paid regular wages and not a contract price, on
property owned or leased by the historic resort hotel which is not
intended for speculative sale or lease; or

(2) Employees of the federal government.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt federal employees
from the elevator worker’s licensure requirements.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.